Wind-break for harvesting-machines.



N0. 678,575. Patented luly l6, I90l. M. KANE.

WIND BREAK FOR HARVESTING MACHINES.

(Application filed Apr. 16, 1900.)

(No Model.)

w: nasss d aAQ I llnrrnn Srnrns PATENT Utmos MAURICE KANE, OF AUSTIN, ILLINOIS.

WIND BREAK FOR HARVESTING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,571, dated July 16, 1901..

Application filed April 16, 1900- To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE KANE, a citi' zen of the United States, residing at Austin, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Wind-Break for Harvesting-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wind-breaks for harvesting-machines.

The object of the invention is to provide a wind-break for harvesting-machines which is simple and economical in construction and which can be readily detached from the machine or adjusted as to the length of the grain.

The invention consists substantially in the construction, combination, location, and rela tive arrangement, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, as shown in the accompanying drawings, and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a broken view, in rear elevation,of a portion of a grain-binder, parts in section, showing the application of a wind-break constructed in accordance with the principles of my invention.- Fig. 2 is a broken detail View in section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1., looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawings, reference sign A designates aportion of the frame of agrainbinder, and which frame is formed with or carries a bar 13, rectangular in cross section.

0 designates an arm adapted at one end to engage the bar B at diametrically opposite points at the front and rear of said bar B and to have its free end extended out over the plat form (indicated in dotted lines at D.) A wire or rod E is suitably bent or formed into substantially U shape and has its ends suitably secured to arm 0. A canvas or other suitable covering (indicated at F) istacked or otherwise suitably secured at one edge to arm 0 and at the other edge is secured to the wire or rod E, so as to hold the same in stretched, taut, or other suitable relation to form a wind-break for the platform D to prevent the wind from disarranging the grain after being delivered upon said platform. A convenient arrangement for securing the ends of the wire E to arm 0 is shown, wherein said ends are crimped or bent, as at G, to form a shoulder to engage the under side of said arm, and suitable nuts H, applied to the threaded ends the frame.

Serial No. 12,977. (No model.)

of said rod, serve to clamp and hold the frame formed by said rod to the bar. It is evident that any other suitable form of windbreak or canvas may be employed and attached in any other suitable or convenient manner to the arm 0 and still fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

At its extreme inner end the arm 0 has secured thereto an angle-plate J, the upturned end of which may be slightly bent or deflected, as clearly shown, and adapted to engage against the rear edge of the beam or bar B of At aconvenient distance from the inner end of arm 0, dependent upon the transverse width of beam or bar B is secured a plate K, having a hooked end L, arranged to engage over the upper front edge of the beam or bar B. If desired, the plate K may be provided with extended wings or flanges M, (see Fig. 2,) arranged to extend lengthwise of the beam or bar B and to engage the front edge of said bar, thereby preventing lateral swing or movement of arm 0.

A wind-break constructed and supported as above described is exceedingly simple and economical in construction and manufacture and can be readily and easily applied to the supporting-bar B or removed therefrom or adjusted lengthwise of said bar.

In order to remove the wind-break, the outer or free end of arm 0 is raised until the angle-plate J is disengaged from the rear edge of bar or beam 13, when the wind-break may be readily removed.

In order to apply the wind-break or to effect the engagement thereof with its supporting beam or bar B, the arm 0 is tilted into a vertically-inclined position and the hooked end L of plate K is engaged over the front and upper edge of bar or beam B. The outer or free end of arm 0 is then lowered, so as to cause the angle-plate J to engage behind the lower and rear edge of the bar I3. The arm 0 will then be held by gravity and efficiently supported from the beam B. In order to adjust the wind-break arm 0 lengthwise of the beam or bar B, all that is required is to shift by hand the arm G laterally of itself and lengthwise of beam B, the angle-plate J and the plate K, with its hooked end, forming a guide in their engagement with the rear lower edge and front and upper edge, respectively,

bar B without disturbing the angular relation of said arm and bar.

It is obvious that the plate K may be socured to arm 0 in any suitable and convenient manner. It is also obvious that instead of forming the bar B rectangular in cross-sectional shape said bar may be formed in any other suitable or convenient shape adapted to receive the angle-plate J and the hooked plate K in the manner above described.

Many other variations and changes may be readily made in the details of construction and arrangement and still fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

It is also obvious that a wind-break constructed in accordance with and embodying the principles of my invention may be applied to grain-binding machines of any desired type of manufacture without departure from my invention.

Having now set forth the object and nature of my invention and a construction embodying the same, what I claim as new and useful and of my own invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a supportingbeam of a grain-binder, of an arm having an an gle-plate and a hooked plate adapted to respectively engage the rear lower edge and the front upper edge of said supporting-beam, whereby said arm is detachably supported by said beam and is adapted to be shifted bodily parallel to itself along said beam, and a windbreak carried by said arm, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with a supportingbeam, of an arm having an angle-plate atthe inner end thereof adapted to engage the rear lower edge of said beam, a plate connected to said arm having wings or flanges to engage the front edge of said beam and a hooked end engaging over the upper end of said beam, and a wind-break carried by said arm, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a supporting beam, of an arm having engaging projections, said projections being spaced a distance apart sufficient to permit the supporting-beam to be received laterally therebetween, and means on one of said projections whereby said arm when tilted laterally may be placed on, removed from, or adjusted bodily along said beam, and held in applied and adjusted position by gravity, with one of said projections engaging said beam at the front surface thereof and the other at the rear, and diagonally opposite therefrom, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination with a'stationary supporting beam, of an arm having suitable raised engaging projections, said projections being spaced a distance apart sufficient to permit the supporting-beam to be received laterally therebetween means formed on one of said projections and holding the arm with one of its projections engaging said beamat the front surface thereof and the other of said projections engaging said beam at the 

